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    Alienware 17 Won't Recognize USB Flash Drives

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by beardzerker, Feb 15, 2015.

  1. beardzerker

    beardzerker Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have several USB flash drives that my Alienware 17 will not recognize. I have tested all of them on other computers, and they all work fine.

    My 17 is running Windows 8.1, and in device manager I have a yellow exclamation point with the label 'storage media.' I have tried scanning for drivers, and it finds nothing. USB ports all work with other devices, tablets, phones, keyboard and mice, but not USB drives. Any thoughts on what driver I need here?
     
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    Thank you for the reply, but that download says that my computer doesn't meet the minimum requirements for installation. I tried some of the other USB drivers, all got the same error.
     
    beardzerker, Feb 16, 2015
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